The point I was trying to make about British Columbia being different from Quebec is that the shale resources that are being developed in British Columbia right now are in a remote region where the human population is quite small, compared to what could be happening in Quebec between Montreal and Quebec City and the lowlands, where there is obviously a much higher population and population density.
The second question you raised is a significant one. I believe we must see leadership on the part of the federal and provincial governments to ensure that we have a very good understanding of groundwater resources prior to gas exploration and development activities taking place.
I would say in this regard that if you go back to 2002, for example, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment pointedly recommended that baseline hydrological investigations ought to be completed prior to unconventional gas drilling in order to recognize and track potential groundwater contamination. To date, I don't see any evidence of any province having honoured that critical recommendation.